Gamla Turingevägen Runic Inscriptions

Three Viking Age memorial rune stones in situ on an ancient road

On the old road to Turinge, three Viking Age rune stones stand roughly where they were raised in the 11th century — a rare instance of runestones in their original positions, rather than moved to a museum or a churchyard. They are known as the Holmfast Inscriptions and are catalogued as Sö 311, Sö 312, and Sö 313. The inscriptions commemorate members of a local family, the last of whom seems to have died on a Viking expedition.

The stones are not spectacular objects on their own, but their setting — beside a path worn smooth by a thousand years of foot traffic — gives them a context that museum display cannot replicate. Easy to visit on a walk from the town centre; the location is quiet and usually uncrowded.

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